WHAT COLOUR FOR THE RIEGER? YOU DECIDE!!

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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:12 am

Guy's i cant seem to decide whether to leave the Rieger the colour it is now or to have it sprayed the colour it was before, so i've posted 2 pictures of both colours. Please help me decide which one to choose. The red is the colour it was and the orange is the colour it is now.


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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:18 am

The orange is far more eye catching so I'd say go with that :thumb:

Gonna add a poll to this Ben?
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:19 am

keep it how it is now dude!
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:20 am

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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:21 am

defo the red ben-sooo deep and shiney :cool:

orange aint in the same league :lol:

zayyan-i'm surprised at you saying orange -surely red is the fastest colour? :lol:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:22 am

It's the fastest colour but this car's not about speed, it's about posing :wink:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:22 am

Zayyan wrote:It's the fastest colour but this car's not about speed, it's about posing :wink:
same as your 316i?? :lol: :cool: 8O
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:22 am

Blimey. I though everyone would say change it :lol: Ho well,. Come on guy's. More openions please.
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:23 am

thing is if you go red you'll have to do the wheels again...

Red is nice tho.
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:29 am

The wheels and the hardtop will have to be done again even if i go with the same colour it is now, so it's not really an issue.
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:29 am

I think the red is probably the nicest colour i've seen on an e30. It looks so rich in colour and really deep. I wish i could do my car that colour.
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:31 am

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Zayyan wrote:It's the fastest colour but this car's not about speed, it's about posing :wink:
same as your 316i?? :lol: :cool: 8O
320Touring wrote:the 1.6m40 is a damn fast machine against an m20b20-so much so that one may be my next e30 (whilst the touring is off the road getting fixed up)
Slow you say? :teehee:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:33 am

Zayyan wrote:
320Touring wrote:
Zayyan wrote:It's the fastest colour but this car's not about speed, it's about posing :wink:
same as your 316i?? :lol: :cool: 8O
320Touring wrote:the 1.6m40 is a damn fast machine against an m20b20-so much so that one may be my next e30 (whilst the touring is off the road getting fixed up)
Slow you say? :teehee:
not slow-never used the word-but given the fact you get 40mpg, you aint exctly caning it :lol: :lol:

anyway its Jhonno's is an auto and removes the problem of the nut on the gearstick :lol: 8O :P
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:36 am

320Touring wrote:not slow-never used the word-but given the fact you get 40mpg, you aint exctly caning it
But it does have the ability to be "a damn fast machine" as you say :tongue:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:39 am

Go Red.

What about all the door shuts and engine bay though...?

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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:40 am

Zayyan wrote:
320Touring wrote:not slow-never used the word-but given the fact you get 40mpg, you aint exctly caning it
But it does have the ability to be "a damn fast machine" as you say :tongue:
yea verily, and forsooth so does my m20-but potential is no use unless realised :wink:

furthermore-most things appear flighty compared to a 1.4 zx :mad: :lol:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:41 am

Red then dude..
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:48 am

It's about 50/50 so far. If i do go red the it wont necessarily be the smae red you see in the picture. My painter said he'd play around with several coats on different panels, then i can choose the one i like. I'm really confused cause the red is proper fat and just glows, but i like the tangerine as well, cause no other car i've ever seen has that colour and it's so unusal. Ho bugger, bugger, bugger. I really want to get this right cause it's not everday you get to respray your car at the cost of over Ԛ£5k for free :eek:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:10 pm

the red is nice but i will keep it as you got. if you go red what will you do about engine bay. the colour you have is amazin.
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:42 pm

Can't really add much to this as I am colourblind :lol:

Although I think the bottom pic is a better looking colour although they really do look exactly the same to me, only the bottom one is lighter :)
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:08 pm

Ben both colours are nice but i reckon go for the Red its just got that edge

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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:17 pm

Hi Mate, I think Red 8)
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:24 pm

red for sure mate :wink:

I wanna lick it when it's ready :lol:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:40 pm

Well i've just ordered a candy apple red and a cand magenta. We still have some of the tangerine left over, so we're going to play around with all 3 colours and see which one turns out the best, then we'll go for it. Thanks for all the sugestions and please keep them coming :thumb:

329i I told you, you can lick my car anytime you want dude :lol:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 1:45 pm

:lol: :lol:

can't wait to see the result mate :wink: :D
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:25 pm

Me too dude. We're going to play around with different basecoats especially silver. It makes the candy almost glow. That's how we achieved the glow on my current car. Even House of Kolor were a little supprised when they saw the car, cause people normally use black basecoat. I'm looking forward especially to the magenta. I'll take some pictures of the panels we spray on Monday night and post them up on Tuesday. :wink:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 2:34 pm

bootyman wrote:Me too dude. We're going to play around with different basecoats especially silver. It makes the candy almost glow. That's how we achieved the glow on my current car. Even House of Kolor were a little supprised when they saw the car, cause people normally use black basecoat. I'm looking forward especially to the magenta. I'll take some pictures of the panels we spray on Monday night and post them up on Tuesday. :wink:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:28 pm

Change it the red is awesome 8)
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:31 pm

I think the orange really suits the car, and it brighter, just ready for the summer!
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:36 pm

Deffo red Ben

Looks awesome! Lovely and deep
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:48 pm

ORANGE ! :thumb:
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:22 pm

Tangerine for sure! 8)
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:53 pm

red
but i dont like the wheels in the same colour as the car

should go lowrider rims 200 spoke reverse rims , hmmm that would be eye catching
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Post Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:28 pm

the orange is definitely the best, it changes much more in colour, whereas the red looks quite flat for a show car - it might just be the pics though. i have seen your car in the flesh and also quite a few other cars with paint like this, the red won't look as special - the orange makes it look a lot brighter where the sun hits it, just looks better overall imo...
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